A Nigerian private college student was
sentenced to death by the High Court here today,
after he was found guilty of trafficking 26.533
kilogrammes of Canabis, four years ago. Judge Amelia Tee Hong Geok Abdullah held that
the defence had failed to raise a reasonable
doubt on the prosecution’s case against
Uchechukwu Nelson Ohaechesi, 37. In her judgement, Amelia said the accused was
careful to deny that he was carrying the bag
which contained the dangerous drugs. “The court finds that the accused is not a witness of truth. As such the court is of the
considered view that the accused’s defence is
but an afterthought, a pure fabrication and
untrue. “The court therefore sentences the accused to death. And vide section 183 of the Criminal
Procedure Code, the accused is to be hanged
by the neck until he is dead, ” she said. Ohaechesi committed the offence beside an
overhead bridge staircase at Taman Connought
Highway toward Kajang, Cheras here at 7.45pm
on Oct 17, 2010. He was charged under Section 39B (1)(a) of the
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries the
mandatory death sentence upon conviction. The prosecution was conducted by deputy
public prosecutor P.Viknesvaran, while lawyer
Ramzani Idris appeared for the accused.

They would never listen..